Poultry feeder



Jan, 27, 1931. P. c. LoRcl-IER 1,790.385

POULTRY FEEDER Filed Aug. 28. 1928 4 R @Z0/citer Patented Jan. 27, 1931 PATENT OFFICE PHILIP o. Lenox-1ER, or nURoN, oI-Iro POULTRY FEEDER Application led August 28, 1928. Serial No. 302,610.

This invention relates to animal husbandry and pertains particularly to a feeding device for poultry.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide an improved type of poultry feeder' designed toV be suspended above the ground so that the poultry will not readily go thereinto and thus foul the feed.

Another object of the invention is to proie vde a feed container having a guard flange about the inouth'thereof designed to prevent Wet feed or mash from being scattered or splashed from the container. Y

A still further obj ect of the invention is to i5 provide a' feeder having a cover attachment for adapting the feeder for use by small chicks, the feed receptacle being arranged for this purpose upon onev side and upon the ground or a suitable supporting structure.

'-U The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the yaccompanying drawing forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention isnot confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawing but maybe changed or modified so l long as suchchanges or modifications mark no material. departure from the salient 3i features ofthe invention as'expressed in the appended claims. Y Y v ln the drawing Figure l is a perspective view of the feed receptacle embodying a part of the present invention; Y i

Figure 2 is a viewin transverse section of the receptacle showing the top plate in position; y Figure 3 is adetailed plan view of the top A" plate;

Figure L is a sectional'view taken upon the line lf-t of Figure l.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the numeral l indicatesthe feed container, the sainebeing preferably constructed of metal and in the form of an elongated rectangular receptacle having the longitudinal walls 2 thereof inclined downwardly and inwardly, the end walls beingv substantially vertical when the receptacle is placed in upright position. v

Formed about the to-p edge of the recep- Y tacle is an inwardly extending flange 3 which, Y besides acting to reinforce the structure, is designed to prevent the feed placed therein from being scattered, particularly when the 'receptacle is used for feeding small chicks in a manner to be hereinafter described.

Each of the flanges, which extends across the end of the receptacle, has an aperture formed therethrough intermedia-te the ends thereof for the reception of the threaded ends of an inverted substantially U-shaped bail or handled. G5

The ends of the side members 5 of this handle are threaded and inwardly of each end there is secured a stop 6 which limits the extension of the bail leg through the aperture of an vend flange. lhen the bail is in posi- 79 tion with the ends of the legs thereof each extended through a flange'apcrture a retaining nut 7 is threaded upon the inner end of each and brought to bear against the under face of the fiange thereby securing the bail in upright position above the receptacle.

Extending transversely of the receptacle intermediate the ends thereof is a brace strip 8, each end being secured by a bolt or nut 9 to one of the longitudinal fianges 3 of the 80 receptacle, while the cent-ral portion is apertured to receive a bolt 10 which is passed through the angularly extending foot portion ll of an upright bail brace strip i2, this brace strip having an aperture 13 formed 85 therethrough adjacent the upper end, through which the horizontal portion of the bail extends as shown in Figure l.

When the receptacle structure thus far de-V scribed is in use for feeding full grown poulsmall chicks, there is provided a guard plate 15 which is arranged longitudinally of the receptacle over the reinforcing strip 8 with the ends thereof extended beneath the end flanges 3 of the receptacle. This plate may be of light resilient material so that it can N0 be flexed centrally to permit the insertion of the ends thereof 'to the positions described. The bail 4l may be retained in position when the plate 15 is used and if this is done then .the nuts 7 are removed from the ends of the portions 5 so that these ends 'will be received within the recesses 16 formed at each end edge ofthe plate 15 in the Ymanner shown.

The nuts 7 are then replaced so that they will'bear against the under face of the plate and hold it in the desired position. The

central portion of the plate 15 is provided with a transverse slot 17' through which the' shows the position which the plate `15 will assume when in use. Y l

One longitudinal edge'of the plate 15 is formed to provide vthe angulark flange 18V which flange is positioned adjacent the inclined wall 2 of the receptacle when the cover plate is employed, the receptacle being positioned to rest upon this inclined wall or, in other words, uponits side so that the small chicks can reach feed within the receptacle across the longitudinal flange 3 which is adjacent this inclinedwall. The. flange 18 of the cover plate 15 extends' inwardly and downwardly, as shown in Figure 2,^and when the feeder isl employed for small chicks.

TvVhile I have described the use of the cover plate 15 in association with the bail 4, it is of course obvious that itfis not necessary ythat the bail be left in place when the plate 15 is used as suitable bolts maybe employed t0 extend through theapertures'inthe flanges and the cross stripy 8, to retain the plate in position. o

The plate 15xis of vmaterially less width than the receptacle 1 so that when the receptacle is used on itsside the plate may be adjusted across the open face thereof to increase or decrease the space between the flange 18 and the adjacent flange Bin accordance with the size of the chickens being fed. From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that a feeder of thepcharacter herein described may be easily and economically constructed and will be found efficient in every detail for the proper feeding of young or full grown poultry. f

Having thus described my invention what I claim is f 1. .A poultry feeder of the character described comprising anl open top elongated receptacle, an inwardly extending y guard flange's'ecured tothe open top of said receptacle, a bail for suspending said receptacle, said bail being secured `at opposite ends thereof through said flange, a reinforcing strip extend-ing transversely of they open top of the receptacle, an upright brace strip mounted on said reinforcing strip and engaging said bail at the upper end thereof, and a guard plate adjustably mounted on said flange and having a` downwardly inclined edge portion.

2. 'A poultry feeder of the character dei ends thereof and a transverse recess substantially in the vmiddle thereof, said end recesses being adapted to adjustably-'engage said bail between the stop and the guard flange, said-transverse recess inthe middle of the plate loosely engaging about said upright brace.

3. A kpoultry feeder ofthe character described comprising an open top elongated receptacle, an inwardly extending guard flange secured to the open top .of'said receptacle, a bail for suspending said receptacle, said bail having stops at a pointspaced upwardly from the lower ends thereof, a threaded nut y.for said bail, ka reinforcing strip extending transversely of the open top of thel receptacle, an upright brace strip mountedon said reinforcing stripand engaging said bail through the upper end there!y of, and a guard plate adjustably mounted on said flange, said stop limiting-they insertion;

of the bail in the flange and cooperatively engaging said guard'plate attheiendsl thereof whereby to hold the guard plate against vertical movelnent, said guard plate having transversely arranged recesses in' theI opposite ends thereof, a transverse recess substantially in the middle thereof, and a downwardlyextending flange adapted to preventv animalsl from entering the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I'y hereunto aflxlmy signature.

VPHILIP C. LORCHER. 

